Prostate cancer is the manliest cancer

Typically, my first response when I get an email about prostate cancer isn’t “That’s AWESOME.”

But today I got this press release from ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer:

‘MANUARY’ in January!

Men Can Do Manly Things to Help Fight Prostate Cancer

Put the Man in January! Manuary is a month-long event where the boys will be boys. Be the man with the plan to do all sorts of manly things!

ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer recognizes that part of being a man is knowing your risk for prostate cancer and getting tested for it.

We invite every man (and their woMAN friends, too!) to make a New Year’s resolution to support the prostate cancer cause by participating in something manly, such as:

Host a Poker Night

Go Ice Fishing

Compete at Wood Chopping

Grow a Beard

Wear the Same Flannel Shirt for the Month

It’s time to Man up. And there are several ways to exhibit your manly ways during MANUARY:

Set up your own personal web page on ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, so you can tell your family and friends and collect donations for the cause. Just go to www.ZeroCancer.org to get started.

Submit photos of your manly activities, which will be posted on ZERO’s website.

Plunging into Manuary with both feet, ZERO’s CEO Skip Lockwood will take a Polar Bear swim in the Potomac River on January 1, if we can raise $10,000 by year-end.

Where the Funds Go

All funds raised during Manuary will go toward providing free prostate cancer testing and advocacy for increased research. Every $25 donation screens another man at no cost, while a $250 donation brings an advocate to Washington, D.C. to meet with elected officials about the importance of increasing prostate cancer research funding.